lele
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My dear boy is leaving me. He pulled thru the prolapse surgery and was recovering quite well for a few weeks then took a sudden turn for the worse last weekend. The vet visit was expense with no concrete results. He is simply failing. Frankly, I am surprised he is still alive. He is barely getting by on very small amounts of water and (Fluker's) Repta-Aid. He is on Baytril but I think I will stop as I don't see the sense at this point. Every day I expect him to go. I wish I had the means to put him down myself.
I'd like to get a necropsy done, not to see what he dies from so much but to see his insides. His swallowing was labored more in the last several months to the point where he was often more comfortable being on his back to swallow - as if he is just twisted inside (long story/history). This may well be due to the way he has been holding himself (bent to the right) for the last 3 years. There is a lot of history that I don't have the time or inclination to go into right here/now. The other part is that I want to see inside his head and I know that is not part of the necropsy either. My vet won't do it.
There is another vet, who I have never spoken to, on the other side of VT who I thought of calling to speak to and see if he would do it, but either way I will have to keep him cool enough to either ship him somewhere if I can find someone or even drive somewhere (couple hours). I don't know the best way to wrap/pack him for the fridge so if anyone can advise me on that it would be appreciated. I know it is a small window of time before decomp sets in (and I know not to freeze as tissue turns to mush).
I don't think he is suffering, but the light is surely gone from his eyes
I'd like to get a necropsy done, not to see what he dies from so much but to see his insides. His swallowing was labored more in the last several months to the point where he was often more comfortable being on his back to swallow - as if he is just twisted inside (long story/history). This may well be due to the way he has been holding himself (bent to the right) for the last 3 years. There is a lot of history that I don't have the time or inclination to go into right here/now. The other part is that I want to see inside his head and I know that is not part of the necropsy either. My vet won't do it.
There is another vet, who I have never spoken to, on the other side of VT who I thought of calling to speak to and see if he would do it, but either way I will have to keep him cool enough to either ship him somewhere if I can find someone or even drive somewhere (couple hours). I don't know the best way to wrap/pack him for the fridge so if anyone can advise me on that it would be appreciated. I know it is a small window of time before decomp sets in (and I know not to freeze as tissue turns to mush).
I don't think he is suffering, but the light is surely gone from his eyes
